E.—2.

PRIMARY EDUCATION.

4. TABLES RELATING TO PRIMARY EDUCATION AND REPORTS (EXTRACTS) OF EDUCATION BOARDS. Table A1. —Number of Public Primary Schools classified according to Grade, and Intermediate Schools and Departments, December, 1935.

Table A2. —Attendance at Public Primary Schools and in Forms I and II of Intermediate Schools and Departments in 1935.

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I u >5 • ® Grade School 1 | 1 ? 1 . ! § |l ana CS £ eō 03 rt p 5- . £ ftrQ „ Average Attendance. g § a o ® ° 3 "3 S g s S iS« S ® S -S g o-SP <! R p a JS S5 D O oa B° 0 (1-8) .. ..27 16 16 IS 17 27 19 23 11 171 1 (9-20) .. ..227 40 72 72 64 48 112 75 59 769 II (21-35) .. 157 41 43 28 49 25 87 50 43 523 f A (36-50) .. ..102 27 19 14 16 14 45 24 24 285 III<{ B(51-80) .. ..99 22 22 18 23 6 29 21 16 256 LC (81-120) .. 40 9 15 12 11 9 21 8 9 134 f A (121-160) .. ..13 5 2 8 8 4 8 8 4 60 IV <! B (161-200) .. ..11 3 3 5 4 1 6 3 3 39 LC (201-240) .. 10 3 3 2 8 7 1 2 36 f A (241-280) .. ..6.. 5 2 5 1 4 3 1 27 B (281-320) .. .. 6 .. 2 . . 4 1 3 4 1 21 LC (321-360) .. 10 2 5 5 5 1 3 1 .. 32 f A (361-400) . . 11 1 4 3 1 3 5 2 30 VI B (401-440) .. .. 7 .. 1 2 4 .. 4 2 1 21 Lc (441-480) .. . . 8 1 .. 1 I .. 2 .. .. 13 f A (481-520) .. .. 5 2 1 .. 5 .. 7 2 .. 22 B(521-560) .. .. 3 .. .. .. 5 1 7 3 1 20 C(561-600) .. .. 7 .. 2 2 2 .. .. 2 1 ]6 D (601-640) .. .. 2 1 .. .. 3 VTT J E (641-680) .. •• 1 1 .. 1 .. .. 3 | IF (681-720) .. .. .. 1 1 .. 1 3 G (721-760) .. 1 1 H(761-800) .. .. .. I (801-840) .. 1 .. .. 1 (841-880) .. Intermediate schools and depart- 7 .. 1 1 2 .. 2 3 .. 16 ments Totals for 1935 .. 759 173 213 191 237 139 373 238 179 2,502 Totals for 1934 .. 764 179 220 196 248 138 380 244 179 2,548 Difference .. —5 —6 —7 —5 —11 +1 —7 —6 .. —46 Note. —Ten half-time schools and forty-one main schools with side schools attached are counted separately, and are included in the separate grades determined by the separate average attendance of each school.

(Excluding Secondary Departments of District High Schools, but including pupils in special classes and Standard VII.) Average Attendance for "Roll Nnmhflrfi Mean of Average Weekly Eoll Whole Year (Mean of of Three Terms, 1935. Average Attendance of Three Average Terms). Attendance . ag Pupils Pupils Percentage at at of -Average 31st De- 31st De- Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. T^M e^o«c cember, cember, iioii, lyso. 1934. 1935. Auckland Education District 61,046 60,807 31,060 28,271 59,331 28,536 25,849 54,405 91-70 Taranaki „ 11,288 10,980 5,583 5,222 10,805 5,193 4,831 10,024 92-77 Wanganui „ 14,536 14,410 7,290 6,739 14,029 6,806 6,293 13,099 93-37 Hawke'sBay „ 14,338 14,222 7,340 6,555 13,895 6,821 6,063 12,884 92-72 Wellington „ 25,886 25,421 12,883 11,844 24,727 12,050 11,023 23,073 93-31 Nelson „ 6,299 6,308 3,197 2,949 6,146 2,977 2,743 5,720 93-07 Canterbury „ 32,974 32,378 16,474 14,975 31,449 15,175 13,711 28,886 91-85 Otago „ 17,973 17,546 8,886 8,133 17,019 8,296 7,584 15,880 93-31 Southland „ 11,036 11,030 5,569 5,123 10,692 5,217 4,808 10,025 93-76 Intermediate schools and de- 4,279 4,163 2,266 1,970 4,236 2,124 1,847 3,971 93-74 partments — — Totals, 1935 .. .. 197,265 100,548 91,781 192,329 93,215 84,752 177,967 92-53 Totals, 1934 .. 199,655 .. 101,936 92,748 194,684 93,287 84,544 177,831 91-34 Difference .. .. /—2,390 —1,388 —967 —2,355 —72 +208 +136 +1-19 I 1 Note.—The corresponding figures for the secondary departments of district high schools will bejfound in Table G 1 on page 48 of this paper, and the corresponding figures for Form III of the separate intermediate schools in Table B 1 on page 34 of this paper.